Fine Art Collector | Autumn 2019

Billy Schenck Billy Schenck made his debut on the UK art scene in November 2018, and has been a firm favourite with Castle Fine Art collectors ever since. His unique fusion of Navajo culture, no-nonsense cowgirls and Hollywood-style western imagery has won the artist known as ‘the Warhol of the West’ a new generation of admirers, even gracing the pages of British GQ, whose senior commissioning

Autumn 2019 saw Billy return with three stunning new editions, featuring his inimitable scorching colour palette, fiery horizons and cinematic aesthetic. Speaking about his latest work, Billy said: “When I’m in the middle of doing a painting, I’ll ask myself if I think it’s good enough for me to own, and if it’s good enough for me to own I know it’s okay. If I can visualise it on my wall, I’m happy for it to be on somebody else’s.”

editor described his work as ‘an implosion of apocalyptic imagery and Greek mythology’.

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